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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
  • H01R13/514—Bases; Cases composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
  • H01R9/22—Bases, e.g. strip, block, panel
  • H01R9/24—Terminal blocks
  • H01R9/26—Clip-on terminal blocks for side-by-side rail- or strip-mounting
  • H01R9/2616—End clamping members
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
  • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
  • H05K7/14—Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
  • H05K7/1462—Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack for programmable logic controllers [PLC] for automation or industrial process control
  • H05K7/1468—Mechanical features of input/output (I/O) modules
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/02—Contact members
  • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
  • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
  • H01R13/112—Resilient sockets forked sockets having two legs
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
  • H01R4/28—Clamped connections, spring connections
  • H01R4/48—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
  • H01R4/4809—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar
  • H01R4/48185—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end
  • H01R4/48275—Clamped connections, spring connections utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member using a leaf spring to bias the conductor toward the busbar adapted for axial insertion of a wire end with an opening in the housing for insertion of a release tool

Definitions

• the invention relates to a modular installation device.
• a modular built-in device provided with a housing and a top-hat rail holder is known, which has removable screw-type terminal blocks which have a block-uniform coding for the correct feeding of the blocks, claw-like extensions for fixing to the housing and with axially contactable Contact needles are provided.
• Such a built-in device is used, for example, as a built-in device in a control cabinet and serves as a switching and / or protective switching device, signal converter or the like for implementing switching and / or control concepts.
• connection modules which, like the connection modules, can be exchanged in a simple manner under difficult access conditions, the connection modules being able to be secured on the device side against unintentional loosening and being connected and contacted without confusion, with little space requirement.
• the holding means enables the installation device according to the invention to be attached to or from a carrying means in a simple manner, that is to say manually operated and thus tool-free; the connection modules that can be provided at the specified module locations of the installation device can be contacted via associated mating contact means on the contact means integrated on the device side, specifically transversely to their longitudinal side, the connection modules at the module locations being able to be arranged without any confusion by means of coding means and counter coding means and securely against unintentional loosening by means of latching means and counter-latching means, so that they are essentially perpendicular to them the contact means or the connection and disconnection direction of the connection modules that results vertically to the top of the device, coupling and uncoupling can be achieved in a simple manner with a small space requirement even under difficult access conditions, for example with connection modules already wired up. When disconnected, you benefit from a short pull-off path, through which risky re-pulling of connected conductors can be avoided.
• the latching means of the installation device is advantageously designed as an elastic latch with a barb and the counter latching means as a latch receiving the barb, so that the latch and counter latching means arranged on the inside of the housing release the latch from the latch or the corresponding connection module from it Installation device is only possible using a tool, ie safety-oriented.
• the installation device is provided at the module locations with an insulation means, which is arranged on the end and / or along the end of the corresponding contact means or covers it, so that when the connection module is removed, protection against accidental contact is guaranteed with regard to the exposed and possibly live contact means.
• the respective insulation means can also be designed as an insulation angle, in particular as a plug-in element that can be integrated into the housing, by means of which the contact means to be covered with respect to the contactor can be secured in a simple manner.
• FIG. 1 shows an installation device with arranged and further connectable connection modules in a perspective view
• FIG. 2 shows an installation device with a plurality of connection modules arranged in a perspective view.
• the installation device 1 shows a modular installation device 1 with a housing 2, which advantageously has a schematically illustrated electrical, electromagnetic or electronic device unit 3. With the interchangeable device unit 3, the intended use of the installation device 1 can be determined.
• the installation device 1 has a holding means 4 integrated in the housing 2, which is provided for a support means 5 which can be coupled thereto.
• the carrying means 5 is mounted, for example, in a distributor, control cabinet or the like, so that the installation device 1 snapped onto it has a fixed installation position.
• the holding means 4 will be discussed in more detail in the description of FIG. 2.
• the installation device 1 or the housing 2 is also provided with a plurality of module locations 6a-6d, a first and a second module location 6a and 6b being provided on a front side of the housing 2 for a first or second connection module 7a or 7b which can be arranged thereon are.
• a first or second connection module 7a or 7b which can be arranged thereon are.
• Third and fourth module locations 6c and 6d arranged on the end face are each equipped with an associated third and fourth connection modules 7c and 7d.
• connection module 7b is representative of the other connection modules 7b-7d advantageously each provided with a multi-pole connection means.
• Two design variants of the connection module 7b show, on the one hand, a screw terminal 8a, shown in simplified form, and, on the other hand, a spring-loaded terminal 8b, shown in simplified form, as connection means.
• connection means are each intended for a single-wire or multi-wire line that can be connected to it - not shown here.
• a first and a second coding means 9a and 9b are provided on a housing wall.
• the two coding means 9a and 9b each correspond to an associated first counter-coding means 10a or to a second counter-contact means (not shown here).
• the first mating contact means 10a as well as the second mating contact means are part of a first or a second connection module 7a or 7b. Both the contact means 9a, 9b as well as the first mating contact means 10a and the second mating contact means serve for the module-space-specific, that is to say confusion-free, assignment of the first and second connection modules 7a and 7b to the housing 2.
• third and fourth module positions 6c and 6d which are each provided with a third and a fourth coding means 9c and 9d.
• the third and fourth coding means 9c and 9d are each compatible with an associated third or fourth counter-coding means 10c or 10d of the exchangeable third or fourth connection module 7c or 7d.
• the coding means 9a-9d at the module locations 6a-6d of the housing 2 and the counter-coding means 10a-10d on the connection modules 7a-7d are thus coded against one another in a simple manner. This applies both to connection modules on one connection side and to connection modules of different ner connection sides, so that an assignment error and thus a device destruction can be avoided.
• the first coding means 9a of the first module location 6a is implemented by four recesses in the housing wall formed by housing sections.
• the recesses or breakthroughs differ in their positions, positions and / or dimensions from those of the second coding means 9b for the purpose of individualization.
• the first counter-coding means 10a is designed as an angular element and is shaped in position, position and / or dimension in accordance with the recesses of the first coding means 9a, so that a mix-up, e.g. is excluded with the second or third connection module 7b or 7c.
• the angle elements also serve as fastening hooks of the connection modules 7a-7d on the housing 2 of the installation device 1.
• the coding means 9a-9d can also be provided on the respective connection modules 7a-7d, the counter-coding means 10a-10d being arranged on the housing 2 in a suitable orientation.
• the first module location 6a also has a latching means 11 on the end face in the housing wall of the housing 2.
• the third module location 6c is also equipped with such a locking means (not shown here).
• a counter-latching means 12 is provided on the first connection module 7a, which, in interaction with the latching means 11, serves to lock and unlock the first connection module 7a in a module-specific manner in the sense of a locking mechanism. An unintentional Loosening the first connection module 7a is therefore excluded. Even if tensile forces occur that can be introduced via a connected line, the connection modules cannot be released. This is important in that a loosening under load conditions due to the resulting arcing can lead to contact erosion and overheating and, in the worst case, to the destruction of the device.
• the latching means 11 latching with the counter-latching means 12 after the connection modules 7a-7d have been pushed on.
• the latching means 11 is designed as an elastic bar with a barb.
• the bolt in turn comprises one-part or multi-part resilient elements.
• the latching means 11 is advantageously part of the housing wall, as a result of which there is a simple embodiment variant which is reduced with regard to the manufacturing outlay.
• the counter-latching means 12 is also designed in a simple manner, namely as a latch which receives the barb.
• the latch can also be integrated in one of the connection modules 7a-7d or the catch in the housing 2 of the installation device 1.
• the catch which is designed as a recess in a wall of the first connection module 7a, is arranged at one end of a ramp 13, via which the bolt can be released, for example, by means of a screwdriver.
• a slot-shaped receptacle 14 is provided for a closing element 15 that can be inserted therein.
• the terminating element 15 blocks access to the bolt and thus unlocks the locking mechanism, so that undesired disassembly or removal of the first connection module 7a can be prevented.
• a first contact means 16a is arranged on one end face, in particular at the first module location 6a, of the housing 2.
• a second contact means 16b is provided at the step-like second module location 6b, analogous to the first module location 6a.
• the contact means 16a, 16b protruding on the end face are part of a - not shown here - so-called.
• Contact carrier The contact carrier is placed and fastened on a circuit board 17 of the device unit 3.
• the contact carrier serves among other things as an electrically conductive connection between the contact means 16a, 16b and the printed circuit board 17.
• the first connection module 7a associated with the first contact means 16a is provided with a simplified counter contact means 18, which is arranged inside the first connection module 7a behind a recess in the associated module housing.
• the first contact means 16a forms, together with the mating contact means 18, a connection interface between the installation device 1 and the first connection module 7a.
• the first contact means 16a has a long side that is aligned with an upper side of the installation device 1.
• the first contact means 16a is advantageously designed as a group of flat contact elements, in particular as contact tongues or as contact tabs or as contact pins.
• the flat contact elements are arranged with their flat side parallel to side surfaces of the housing 2, the number of which can be freely selected.
• the mating contact means 18 is advantageously designed as a group of fork-shaped contact elements, as a result of which there is a simple and contact-promoting electrically conductive contact connection.
• the counter contact means 18 is representative of all other counter contact means of the further connection modules 7b-7d.
• the fork-shaped contact elements - also called spring contacts or tulip contacts - there is a detachable connection with the flat contact elements.
• these structural configurations can also be found at the further module locations 6b-6d or at the further connection modules 7b-7d.
• connection modules 7a-7d include - Not shown here - punched and bent parts integrated, which ensure an electrically conductive connection on the one hand to the respective connection means and on the other hand to the corresponding mating contact means.
• an embodiment variant of the installation device 1 can be realized with fork-shaped contact elements, in which the flat contact elements are part of a connection module.
• a first and a second insulation means 19a and 19b are arranged on the end and along the side in the sense of a contact protection device.
• the respective insulation means 19a or 19b designed as a group of insulation elements covers the associated contact means 16a or 16b, so that contact with the possibly live contact means 16a or 16b after removal of the connection modules 7a or 7b is advantageously ruled out.
• the insulation means 19a, 19b which in the present example are designed as insulation angles or as insulation extensions shown in broken lines, ensure compliance with the requirements of relevant standards, for example EN 61140 “Protection against electric shock *.
• the insulation means 19a, 19b can also be designed as plug-in elements which can be integrated into the housing 2 in an advantageous development. With a corresponding design of the housing 2 with corresponding receptacles, low-cost retrofitting of such insulation means can be carried out.
• the insulation means 19a, 19b can also be provided in a corresponding manner, in particular in the case of an embodiment with flat contact elements, on the connection modules 7a-7d.
• connection modules 7a-7d which is predetermined in accordance with the contacting direction, in accordance with the assembly process represented by supply arrows, results in the design of the coding and counter-coding means 9a-9d and 10a-10d, the locking and counter-locking means 11 and 12 and the insulation means 19.
• Die Coding and counter-coding means 9a-9d and 10a-10d, the locking and counter-locking means 11 and 12 as well as the isolation means 19 can also be implemented with regard to the advantageous exemplary embodiments described, by means of variants which have the same effect but differ from the aforementioned means.
• connection module 7a The coupling and uncoupling of the first connection module 7a to the installation device 1 takes place — representative of the further connection modules 7b-7d — essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first contact means 16a.
• the coupling of the respective connection modules 7a-7d to the module locations 6a-6d consequently provides an arrangement which requires electrical contacting and a mechanical connection including coding and locking in the sense of an active connection. This results even in a cramped arrangement the installation device 1, for example between wiring channels in a control cabinet, a convenient access.
• connection modules 7a-7d are to be removed for repair or retrofit purposes, the locking mechanism is first unlocked using a tool. The barb of the bolt is pressed out of the catch and the corresponding connection module can be removed. During reassembly, the coding and counter-coding means 9a-9d and 10-10d ensure that all the disconnected connection modules are clearly assigned to the corresponding module location.
• the installation device 1 is shown in a further perspective view, in which two of the connection modules 7a-7d are electrically and mechanically connected in their final installation position on the housing 2 parallel to one or the other end face.
• the holding means 4 integrated in the housing 2 has two opposing locking elements 20 which, as part of the holding means, are acted upon by a respective associated spring element 21 with regard to the support means 5 which can be provided between them, and are thus designed to self-decay.
• the respective latching element 20 is designed in one piece with the corresponding spring element 21 in addition to a run-on slope, the spring element 21 in turn being part of the housing 2. This results in a low number of parts and a reduced manufacturing effort.
• Holding means 4 detach the possibly defective and difficult to access installation device 1 from the support means 5, which is designed as a top-hat rail, in a simple manner by introducing a force — manual pulling or pushing — against a spring force of one of the two spring elements 21, until the corresponding locking element 20 is sprung over the edge of the top-hat rail. Over a Pivoting movement away from the top-hat rail, the installation device 1 can then be lifted without tools, ie manually operated against the spring force, in the sense of disassembly.
• connection modules 7a-7d which, like difficult connection conditions, as well as the connection modules 7a-7d, should be exchangeable in a simple manner with a small space requirement, it is provided that in addition to a holding means 4 for a support means 5 which can be coupled thereto a housing 2 having module positions 6a-6d is provided for the connection modules 7a-7d.
• a coding means 9a-9d per module location 6a-6d and a counter-coding means IOa-lOd per connection module 7a-7d for assignment specific to the module location as well as a locking means 11 on at least one of the module locations 6a-6d and a counter-locking means 12 on at least one of the Connection modules 7a-7d arranged for module location-specific locking and unlocking.
• a contact means 16a, 16b having a long side

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